Smithsonian Explores the History of Fourth of July Food: Where Did Hot Dogs and Hamburgers Come From?
Smithsonian InstitutionNo Independence Day celebration would be complete without a picnic table filled with some traditional favorites: hamburgers, hotdogs, buns, kabobs, potato salad, ketchup and watermelon. Where did these July Fourth foods come from? Archaeologists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History explain where and how it all began.